John Delcos enters his third season covering the Mets for The Journal News after eight seasons on the Yankees beat. Prior to coming to New York, John covered the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Indians.

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Steve C.

5-4 is respectable. besides i rather lose all the exhibitions and win all the real things. but thats just me..
practice is practice ya screw up alot, all that matters is when its time do to it for real it looks good. I’ve been in that situation, i rather screw up during practice and get it right for real. (right dave?)
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good to hear soler is in better shape, that’s the first step for him, i’m still in his camp, i’d like to see him do something. As for Perez, i’m just glad he was in the zone, the fact that he got hit means nothing, his stuff will come around, and with the how good his stuff can be, all he needs to do sometimes is throw it in the zone. A lot of intriguing things to watch this year, should be interesting.

My biggest concern watching Perez was the fact that, although he was pounding the zone, he was only pounding one quadrant mostly: The upper left hand corner. He really seemed to be struggling to get his ball in on righties in particular. It seemed like he was trying to guide his ball to the plate, and the improvements he had made with his pace seemed to have dissapeared, although that’s one thing that can certainly be attributed to rust. However, it did seem like, in trying to find command, he was slowing his delivery down, and this is something he can’t afford to do once we get to the regular season. If his command isn’t perfect, so be it, for him the velocity is more important, and if he relaxes and keeps the pace quick (i.e. thinks less) the command should at least be better than it was today.

I think that with all the Perez talk, it needs to be said that it is only Spring Training. Its the first game. He’s rusty. His pitches were easily 5-7 MPH slower then they should be. Once he gets his arm strength, then judge him.